The world of professional boxing is a wild one. While boxers aren’t the highest-paid athletes overall, at the top level, they’re up there. Famously, Floyd Mayweather became one of the wealthiest athletes of all time by becoming a hated draw who picked fights with some of the biggest names in the sport.
However, ‘Money’ is far from the only one to get much of that in his boxing career. These ten payouts are among the biggest in the sport’s history and reflect the contests’ enormity. Win, or lose in the ring, these fighters scored a victory in their bank account.
In the summer of 2019, Anthony Joshua was set to face Jarrell Miller in his United States debut. However, ‘Big Baby’ failed a drug test, and was pulled in favor of the lightly regarded Andy Ruiz Jr. As a 25-to-1 underdog, ‘The Destroyer’ shocked the world.
Ruiz Jr. wound up scoring a knockout win over the British boxer. But, it wasn’t all bad for Joshua, as he reportedly walked away with a $25 million purse for the bout.
